Ventilating device for hats



J. FRANKLIN VENTILATING DEVICE FOR HATS Filed Sept. 20, 1922 I INVENTOR 'sfit'comfim 744%; mi

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VENTILATING DEVICE FOE. HATS.

Application filed September 20, 1922. Serial No. 589,425.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that l, JACOB FRANKLIN, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Des l /loines, in the county of Folk and State of Iowa, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Ventilating Devices 1 v .r: i 1 for i-lats, or which the following is a lull, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to improvements in ventilating device for hats, and it consists in the combinations, constructions, and arrangements herein described and claimed.

An object of my invention is to provide a ventilating device for hats which may be secured to hats of ordinary construction.

A further object of my invention is to provide adevice of the type described in which the ventilatin device is disposed adjacent to the brim OI the hat, whereby it is inconspicuous and at the same time permits the hat to be thoroughly ventilated.

A further object of my invention is to provide a device of the type described in which the device spaces portions of the brim of the hat away from the head of the wearer so as to permit the no anally enclosed portion of the hat to be thoroughly ventilated.

A further object of my invention is to provide a device of the type described which is simple in construction, ellicient for the purpose intended and which is practically inconspicuous to the eye.

Other objects and advantages will appear in the following specification, and the novel features of the invention will be particularly pointed out in the appended claim.

My invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings forming part of this application in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of the device,

Figure 2 is another perspective view of the device,

Figure 8 is a plan view of the device,

Figure & is another plan view of the device,

Figure 5 is a sectional view along the lines 55 of Figures 3 and 4:,

Figure 6 is a portion of Figure 1, and

Figure 7 is a portion of Figure 2.

In carrying out my invention 1 make use of an ordinary hat 1 which is provided with a brim 2 and a crown 3. The crown 3is cutat 4; and the ventilating device 5 is secured to the hat at these places. The device 5 consists merely in a small, semi-cup-shaped member 6 secured to the hat adjacent to the brim 2. In this manner the member 5 is practically out of sight when the hat is worn since the brim of a hat hides the member. The lower portion of the member 7 extends partly over the brim 2 and covers an opening 6 in the brim, the opening 6' being part of the opening 4. it willl there fore be seen from this construction that the member 5 provides an air passage to the enclosed portion 7 of the hat. In the present device, I have shown two of such air passages which may be disposed either in front or in the back of the hat, or on the sides of the hat. in this manner the crown 3 provides no dead air space to the enclosed compartment 7 of the hat, since this enclosed portion is in communication with the atmosphere. in the drawings 1 have shown one hat as being provided with the members 5 in the back thereof, and l have shown the other hat as having members on the sides of the hat.

From the foregoing description of the various parts of the device, the operation thereof will be readily understood. The principal cause for the falling out of hair is due to the tig. t fitting hats. With the present device the hat may be tight fitting but at the same time is thoroughly ventilated, since the members 5 permit the air to readily pass through the compartment 7. It will therefore be apparent that when the hats are provided with the members 5 they may be worn in the ordinary manner and will resemble the ordinary hats, but at the same time will effectually ventilate the hat. It is also obvious that the hat when constructed may be provided with recesses which take the place of the members 5. In this manner, the hat when constructed would be provided with the necessary ventilating means without the necessity of cutting the hat and applying the ventilating device after the hat is made. The device is very simple in construction, and as heretofore stated provides a novel means for the ventilating of a hat, the ventilating means of which is practically inconspicuous.

Figures 6 and 7 show the wires 8 which are placed around the crowns 8, and are secured to the brim 2, as shown in Figure 5. Portions 9 encircle the device 5 and protect it from injury. The wires 8 also keep the hat in shape.

I claim: The combination with a hat having crown and brim portions, said crown having two openings disposed diametrically from each other and said brim portions having openings communicating with the openings in the crown, of semi-cup-shaped wmembers adapted to enclose the communicating openings in said brim and crown, whereby air passageways are provided into the interior 10 of the hat, and a stiffening wire disposed on the exterior of the brim at the base of the crown, said wire having curved portions arranged to encircle the edges of the semicup-shaped portions.

' JACOB FRANKLIN. 

